Historedia
Person

Phelps

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1877

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Phelps, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. The Boat Race ends in a dead heat

    1877

    Role: Waterman/official (identity unresolved; surname only)

    1. 1877 (date of law court meeting unspecified) · Law court meeting (location unspecified)Official Dead Heat Declaration

      After a subsequent law court meeting with umpire Chitty, the official result was declared a dead heat, despite Oxford's belief they had won and contemporary claims of a five-foot Oxford margin.

    2. 24 March 1877 · Route landmarks on the River Thames (Hammersmith Bridge to Chiswick Reach)Race Start and Early Lead

      The race started on Saturday 24 March 1877 at 8:27 a.m., a date flagged as placeholder-suspect. Oxford led early before Cambridge took a quarter-length lead by Hammersmith Bridge.

Sources

  1. The Boat Race Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
  2. The Boat Race 1877 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-06